#2. Dr. T. artists/text/theories research influences

Artists:

Quotes and Texts: 

“Interfaces always subtly change the paradigms of communication, and the design and culture of digital interfaces, with their conventions, structural peculiarities, as well as promises and limitations are deeply interconnected with the way we perceive digital art.” (Paul, 2003, p. 70)
 

“While these various methodologies (SST and ANT) have been in use for decades….the recent surge in network computing also points toward a  new relevance... particularly in an era in which public conversations about technology tend to shuttle back and forth between wildly utopian and deeply pessimistic strands…” (McPherson, 2007, p. 4) 

“A socially responsive art curriculum that includes the study and creation of new media art considers the ethical and aesthetic dimensions in communication technologies.”

(Keifer-Boyd, 2005, p. 1)

“The shift form broadcast to interactive is the corner stone of the N-Generation. They want to be users—not just viewers or listeners.” (Tapscott, 1998, p. 3)

Theories/Key Words: Actor Network Theory (ANT), Distributed Learning. Connected Learning, Communities of Practice, collaboration